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chinook wind
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | chinook wind - a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockieschinook, snow eaterair current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" |
chinook wind
chinook wind A warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of the United States. It is akin to a Foehn wind and approaches the Rocky Mountains from the Pacific Ocean. As it climbs the mountain, the air begins to expand and cool. Some of the moisture in the air condenses and falls to the ground as rain or snow. As the precipitation falls, great amounts of stored heat are released. The air that descends down the eastern slope of the mountain is drier and warmer, warming at a rate that is twice the cooling rate and resulting in rapid melting of the snow. White wispy clouds appear parallel to the mountain ranges. The strong westerly or southwesterly winds can attain speeds as high as 100 mph (160 kmph).chinook wind
Related to chinook wind: Santa Ana wind, Foehn windSynonyms for chinook windnoun a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the RockiesSynonymsRelated Words- air current
- current of air
- wind
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